« Une approche ethnographique des Centres éducatifs fermés : méthode, enjeux scientifiques et retours sur la formation »

Abstract

From the experience of an on-site research realized by a Social Work Training Centre team and seized from an ethnographic approach, the article proposes to show the meaning of doing research in a setting designed by and for social work. This is based on the experience of a survey carried out onto Custodial Education Facilities by a research crew made of both academic researchers and professional trainers. The paper aims to give insights of the concrete way the survey was performed and organized (approach and method) and on the issues raised by this kind of work. This especially regarding scientific interest, social usages, chiefly in terms of knowledge benefits.

Keywords

• reflexivity
• professionalization
• custodial education facility
• ethnographic approach
• grounded theory
• pragmatic approach